A scandipop advent! Day 25: ‘O Holy Night’ by Darin, and ‘O Helga Natt’ by Sibel
We finish off the scandipop advent with our favourite Christmas song of all time. ‘O Holy Night’ as it’s known in English, and…
A scandipop advent! Day 24: ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’, by Linni Meister & Glam Aid
God bless you Norway! In the penultimate advent day before the big one, we present to you a different version of the song…
A scandipop advent! Day 23: ‘As Long As There’s Christmas’, by Play
Things get really festive now with Swedish girlband Play. Sounding like turn of the century *NSync crossed with Disney, this is ultra cheesy,…
A scandipop advent! Day 22: ‘Välkommen Hem’, by EMD
‘Välkommen Hem’ is the utterly gorge title track from last year’s Christmas album by the utterly gorge EMD! Released as a single to…
A scandipop advent! Day 21: ‘När Det Lider Mot Jul’, by Anni-Frid Lyngstad
The inclusion of this song in our advent calendar was a given. A Swedish classic by anyone’s standards. Despite its age, it was…
A scandipop advent! Day 20: ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’, by TikTak
Another Christmas classic given the modern day scandipop treatment. This time it’s the amazing ‘Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)’, originally by Darlene Love,…
A scandipop advent! Day 19: ‘Winterland’, by Sarah Dawn Finer
This season, we’ve had a lot of love for one Christmas album in particular – the brand new ‘Winterland’ by Sarah Dawn Finer….
A scandipop advent! Day 18: ‘It Doesn’t Often Snow At Christmas’, by West End Girls
The Swedish girl duo who made a brief career out of recording and releasing fabulous covers of UK boy duo Pet Shop Boys’…
A scandipop advent! Day 16: ‘Xmas Party’, by Smile.dk
What more do you want from a Christmas song chorus than the below refrain; ‘’Christmas party, whoah-oh-oh-whoah-oh, Acting naughty, whoah-oh-oh-whoah-oh’’ Brilliant! Smile.dk are…
A scandipop advent! Day 15: ‘A Happy, Happy Year For Us All’, by Magnus Carlsson featuring Alcazar and The Golden Hits Ensemble
Today’s song on the advent calender takes high campery and turns it into an art form! Half of it takes its influence from…
A scandipop advent! Day 13: ‘Just One Wish’, by Hilda
A brand new Christmas song from a brand new artist from Sweden. We first wrote about this last month, and we love it…
A scandipop advent! Day 12: ‘Jul, Jul, Strålande Jul’, by Malena Ernman
Ok, so we THINK that this is the most famous and most traditionally loved Christmas song in Sweden (although any Swedes reading should…
